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  1. NGX

    How long does Arctic Silver last?

    Yea ceramic has a very long shelf life, id say at least 5 years since mines lasted that long, its just like when i bought it. As for the OP, when you apply AS, especially AS5 you need to apply a very thin layer over the whole IHS, not a dot in the middle or a line across. Id say 0.001 of an inch...
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    Help my e8400 E0 find a new mobo!

    picked up a p5e-deluxe from newegg, will post the bios flash in my build log
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    Help my e8400 E0 find a new mobo!

    would you take anything on trade along with cash for it?
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    I feel sort of stupid but... my cpu won't fit in my motherboard?

    You are right, it is one of the worst places to put anything ESD sensitive.
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    Help my e8400 E0 find a new mobo!

    the p5q-e does look promising. Does anyone have any experience with the p5e and updating it to the rampage bios? It looks like i am leaning more that way right now, just because of the reported stable fsb speeds above 530 fsb.
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    Help my e8400 E0 find a new mobo!

    Hey I recently picked up a e8400 E0 and 4x1gb of Ballistix Tracer 1066 D9 modules. I have no idea whats goin on in the world of chipsets and would like advice on which mobo to buy. I want to go crossfire, prob two 4850's so no p35/p45 boards unless they clock VERY well, as I will be clocking a...
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    I feel sort of stupid but... my cpu won't fit in my motherboard?

    Haha omg, thats prob not good. As for the hsf, those things are always a PITA
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    Pure gaming rig

    Id get the 8400 as well, just for the reasons of a higher multiplier for a easier overclock, easier as in easier on the rest of your components, bigger cache for a more future-proof proc, and the good chance it will be a E0.
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    How will DDR2 800 limit my E8400 OC?

    Any boards out there that would do a kickass job with 4gigs of 1066 tracer and a e8400?
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    Does Nehalem really limit overclock to 130W?

    Thats the truth, sad but true. In fact Id love to see an intel board that just kicks ass for clockin
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    Quad-core or Dual-core ? Which one do I pick ?

    But anyway I lost focus of what my question was about originally, which is in part this thread's fault, it has strayed a little from what it started out as. So I just got a e8400, Ive got 4x1gb sticks of ballistix tracer and no motherboard or gpu yet. Ive been out of the mix for a year, last...
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    Quad-core or Dual-core ? Which one do I pick ?

    Well i just got a e8400 and looking at getting an x38 board. i have had a q6600 g0 befor eon my p5k and i am very anxious to notice a difference, if there is one
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    What's with nehalem pads on top of the chip?

    oh nvm, i forgot they increased # of pins for the new socket
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    What's with nehalem pads on top of the chip?

    They look pretty big compared to the lapped proc, what is the lapped one anyway?
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    SERVER 2008 Free for students

    Link is broken, certificate isnt valid so it wont let me to the page.